Cigar-tip cutter.



Patented lan. 9, |900.`

No. 64l,024.

s. L. LEDEREB. CIGAR TIP CUTTER.

(Application led June 3, 1898.)

`(No Model.)

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CIGARmTIP CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters :Patent No. 641,024, dated January 9, 1900. Application iiled June 3,1898- Serial No. 682,443. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern: Y

Be it known that I, SIGMUND L. LEDERER, of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement .in Cigar-Tip Cutters; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciication.

This invention has reference to an improvement in the class of cigar-tip cutters adapted for use as a watch-charm or pendant.

The invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction by which the two parts of a rectangular case, adapted to be suspended from a chain, may be operated to cut off the end of a cigar, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure l is a front view of my improved cigar-tip cutter. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the cigar-tip cutter, showing the same in the open position in broken lines. Fig. 4 is a view of the opened end of the same. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the cigar-tip cutter.

The object of the invention is to utilize the usual rectangular watch-charm and adapt it for use as a cigar-tip cutter.

In the drawings, a and b indicate two sides of a rectangular box, the closed sides c c of Which may be ornamented in the manner usual with watch-charms. The upper edges of the two parts a and b are provided with the round beads d d, and the backs at the upper ends are formed with the oblique faces e e. The other ends of the two parts of the box have the overlapping slightly curved plates f f, provided with 'the cutters f' f. A bar g extends through holes in a circular projecting part of one part of the box and through the pieces g g', secured to the other part of the box. A coiled spring h extends around the bar g, the ends h h of which bear on the sides c c of the box above the bar g.

The stirrup c is secured to the bar g, which extends through the same, and the lower ends of the stirrup t' are-bent inward into notches formed in the parts a and b, thereby retaining the stirrup in the position shown in Fig. 5. Over the obliquely-formed ends of the two parts a and h of the box a ring t" is secured to the stirrup to facilitate the suspension from a watch or other chain.

In the normal position the device has the usual `form of a watch-charm. A By pressing the upper ends inward against the springarms h' h the cutter-plates are separated. The end of a cigar may be inserted and out off by the strain exerted by the coiled spring h, assisted by the pressure of the hand, if required. The round beads d d materially facilitate the opening of the cutters, and the dat sides c c facilitate the compressing by the hand or by two fingers in cutting off the end of a cigar.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a cigar-tip cutter, the combination with the two parts a and h forming a receptacle in which the tip end of the cigar is inclosed when cut off, the overlapping curved plates f f, the cutters f f', the beads d d, and the 0blique edges c e on their upper ends, 0f the bar g forming the pivotal connection of the two parts, the coiled spring h extending around the bar g, the ends bearing on the two parts, and the stirrup i provided with the ring t',- whereby the device may be suspended from a chain and operated to cut the end of a cigar, as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

SIGMUND L. LEDERER. Witnesses:

B. M. SIMMS, J. A. MILLER, Jr. 

